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lost Of The News All The Time [eleven no. 17 ual Program Inning Council eeting June 1 p Held Thursday In; Htern Star Recreation | In Southport And ^ 1 Be Important Meet-j ect leaders urged to attend For Coming Year I Programs For That Bind To Be Worked I Out At Meeting ay ,al program planning: H. of the county council of p. onstration Clubs will ^ l in the Eastern Star rchall. Southport. on June [ meeting will begin at o'clock. Members arc ask- ! hri'-.c a light lunch which . rvcd picnic style. South-1 H;ih acting as hostess, will ! an iced drink for the en-, ^ fficcrs and project leaders ^K|U'-sted to bo present, and ' members arc cordially in o attend. county project chairman | rc\mo nrrnarod to ! It topics relating to her ^B vhich she feels would be Hial if included in the plan ^ rk She should designate H ti. suggested topics presented as a demonstralecture or a group disH county^ leeting. a local club nieet a heme visit. If there are which the chairman ^B igricultural bulletins sheets, she should indicate additional suggestions ^B by the other council the chairman of each kindly hand her writstions to the federation Hi y ^Bnnhers are asked to conI tn each topic, so come definite thoughts this way alone can the In' individuals bo planned CB'S the agent. can secure - of the various ex^B distribution and plan for ^Bitttjts requested. g|| Galloway, fedcraBsun r. will give the count hy clubs. f the hostess county in ^Bniiit: gi.'Sts and speakers I district federation meet^ rightsvillc Beach, June 14. the summer's will he discussed. Hty project leaders rcportth< respective subjects r as follows: Clothing ? I losic Reid. Winnabow; In')1 ent Mrs. Joe P. H Phoenix: home bcautifi Mrs. J E. Dodson, Ash: ^^Ban.i'r.. Mrs Rerlyn LanI Supply: home poultry? ^Brnest Parker. Shallotte; I Mrs. Burress Russ, IB l-H club leader Mrs. B Russ, Jr.. Shallot to; and Brship?Mrs. W. C. Biggs, IttleBits bf Big News ri Event* Of State, ion and World-Wide Iterest During Past Week Ibmakink disaster E officers and men, J- rd the crippled subI Squalus under 240 feet of I faced the prospects today hours nf additional imf'" as hurried I-7. S. I'* " i ffotis met delays. Itinns satisfactory, but I'7was the message sent F night by the en|i men?a message tapped font dots and dashes on the Bull of the sunken craft and I up with listening devices k surface. Nevertheless, inks were given that some of I')?low might have died unps of water that flooded F'f part of the ship. No ' life could be raised from Apartment, where some of had been working. QIEEN INJURED "is beloved Queen Mary close escape from serious or death when her automocrturned in a collision with ton truck in a London subhesday, three days before !nd birthday. The widow of 1 V and mother of reignEorge VI, Queen Mary was to be suffering from "bruisshock" at her Home at Continued on page 4) THE Maki ' % < i' Sf^ ji i i ? fiaiMM I I A\ s X^4*T.' HAND-MADE?There's c the lower part of Brunswick old-timer and he'll tell you t \~ : ~ m Heroic titorts Avert Serious Water Tragedy / Only heroic work on the part of John Lancaster anil his son, John. Jr.. of Supply P prevented a serious tragedy Monday when 1 persons unable to swim faced the dan- ( gee of being drowned. The two men were accompi allied on an oyster expedition by two of Mr. Lancaster's daughters. Misses Theodisia and Betty Lancaster. and by two daughters-in- , law, Mrs. Vuena and Mrs. Bonnie Lancaster. The heavr ily loaded boat sprang a leak ^ and rapidly began to sink and ^ father and son were faced (| with the task of getting i Indies, none of whom could swim a lick to safety. Miss Betty was given medi- c cal attention and considerable a water was pumped from her a lungs. Others in the party p suffered considerably from a nervous shock, the elder Mr. Lancaster's condition agrcv- d I atcd by over exertion. u Baby Show To Be j Next Wednesday J Total Of Twenty-One Chil-' dren Have Been Entered! In Popularity Contest > Which Will Be Closed Before Show Members of the circle of Trin ity Methodist Church will sponsor) I a baey show to be held here Wed-1r inesday afternoon. The parade will Ir | begin at the Community Center'? Building and will extend through I j the entire buisenss district. I In the mcatime, a popularity |t contest is in progress here and ^ throughout this week people may j vote for their little favorites at |" ! either of the 2 downtown drugj 1 'stores. J The following children have ) been entered in the contest: Alncta Elizabeth Dixon. Edwin Dosher, Jr.. Roy C. Daniel, Jr.. j L. Clarke Fergus, Jr., Carol Fil-[ l'ngham, George Robert Galloway.! Mary Elizabeth McGlamery, Ger- j trude Cause. McNeil, Ann Brooks. ! Newton. Robert Egan Northrop, Herbert Oberjohann, Charles Curtis Parekr. Elizabeth Delaine Parker, John Clarence Plaxco, Charles ker, John Clarence Plaxco. Char(Continued on page 4) Short Session For RecorderJ Judge Walter M, Stanaland Was Through Court On Monday In Record Time As Only One New Case Was Tried I Only one new case was disposed of here in Recorder's court Monday before Judge Walter M. Stanaland, who also sent a man with a continued sentence to the roads for failure to comply with | the provisions of the court. J. D. Vereen, colored, pleaded (Continued on page four) . Jr . ; sn A Good. 4-PAGES TODAY g ng Cypress Shing '''*>sj]bSMIhhE^ i..." ' -i?yy"jL5r* [uite an art in making hand-i county there are several mi hat he'll take "hand-rived cy Welfare Superii Investit ? *tfter June 1st, All Widows ? Of Confederate Veterans Now Receiving Semi-Annuat Ppnsiftn fhpcltS To Be Paid Monthly AYMENTS MAY BE SUBSTITUTED )ld Age Assistance Pay-1 ments Will Be Substituted In Cases Where * They Would Exceed Pension An examination ami investigaion of all widows of Confederate etcrans who arc on the pension ' oils of the state is being made j y C. C. Russ, superintendent of i he county board of welfare to etcrmine if the recipients of penions are eligible for old age ssistancc benefits. S. T. Bennett, clerk of superior ourt, said yesterday that there re now 21 widows of Confeder- te veterans in the county receiv- I !g pensions, amounting to 5300 nnually to each. Bennett pointed out that uner an amendment to act setting p Confederate pension rolls as . assed by the 1039 general as- | entbly that possibly there would i ie revisions in the pension rolls. J liter the examination by the mard of welfare and detcrmina-1 ion of the amount the widows rill receive in old age assistance (Continued on page 4) c< tr \ filiation For r R.F.D. Route Here j M There is quite a. bit of agita-, ion for a rural mail route . to; B un from Southport over the1M iver route road for several miles IH nd returning over a portion of B he middle road and serving the L icthel Church community. There pi ray be sufficient demand to have J. he route serve residents across A he inland waterway. Missing Link In Family Found ( Returning to Southport Monday night from a threeday stay on Bald Head Island, Smithsonian Institute men brought in an even dozen specimens of large rates that may turn out to be a missing link between a squirrel and a rat. No one in the party could definitely classify the rodent and some of the men have been connected with Smithsonian Institution for may years. t ^ Both rates and squirrels are officially classified as rodents, despite the fact that the average man does not like to think of it when he i3 eating squirrel stew. The new species of rat found on Bald Head Island brings out the family relationship of the rat and the squirrel in a very striking manner. The teeth, head and ears are distinctly those of a squirrel. The body and legs are those of a rat, but the tail is more like that of an opossum than that of a rat. The regular barnyard rat and mouse has hair o ra kind of ill Sfews paper I outhport, N. C., Wc les 1% LMi..-^ Jj||P[f{^ iwjHn ^IhW Blff wi >w. ^ ^ ^3> ived shingles, but down i isters of this art. Ask an press shinlges every time. jfnw/jnyif IlVllUVlll rates Pension* Slot Machines Must Be Licensed Judge Walter M. Slanaland Monday issued orders to Sheriff Dillon L. Ganry to conf iseate all unlicensed slot machines and pin boards now operating in the county. Since there is no law now affective tinder which these contraptions could be licensed this apparently puts an end to their activity until after June 1, at which time licenses will lie issued for machines that are ruled legal. Judge Slanaland stands pat on his declaration of two weeks ago that all illegal machines must leave Brunswick county or else be confiscated. )raw Jury List For June Tern udgc W. C- Harris, C Raleigh, Is Scheduled T Preside Over One Wee Of Court For Civil At tions A one week term of Brunsvvic innty Superior court for tt ial of civil actions will conver [nndny, June 19, with Judge V . Harris of Raleigh presiding. Following is the jury list draw [onday by the commissioners: N. D. Bennett, Freeland; T. ' rowning, Shallotte; Laytc lints, Ash; E. F. Swain, Bolivii W. Williams, Shallotte; N. V ennett, Freeland; D, W. Stewar eland; Allen C. Ewing, Soutl jrt; Joe P. Verzal, Lelam , R. Mints, Shallotte; H. V. Brit sh; VV. D. Rhodes, Freeland; , (Continued from page 1) Rat-Squirrel Dn Bald Heat fuz the full length of the tail. The Bald Head Island discovery has the regular dark gray hair on the tail for a distance of about half an inch, from there on the tail is bare and is white like that of an opossum. For all that is known the Bald Head Island specimens use their tail in swinging to limbs, "just as an o'possum does. At any rate they climb trees just as squirrels and o'possums do. All of the dozen were taken in traps nailed to huge trees in the depths of woods of the island. The Smithsonian field party which has been here two weeks, is of the opinion that when their specimens are examined minutely at the institution in Washington discoveries may be made that will result in sending other field parties here to make an exhaustive study of the rodents and all wild life on the island. About 60 specimens of rodents, lizzards, snakes and birds were taken during fee three days on the island. POR' n A Good Con tdnesday, May 24th, 1 Tax Discussion Takes Up Time Of County Boarc Last Monday There Wer 57 Tax Matters To Comi Before The Board O Commissioners For Con sideration SPECIAL MEETING HELD THIS WEE! Tax Foreclosures A n Threats Of Foreclosure Have Made The People Tax Conscious At long last Brunswick count citizens are taking the matte of paying taxes seriously an again Monday the county con missioners were swamped all da long with property owners wti had come in to see about mal ing some adjustment of the | delinquent taxes. Tax suits now in progress, le ters of warning and threat ( impending suits is what is brinj ing in the people, and the off cial machinery of the county now geared to bring in son much-needed revenue. No favoritism is being show n . .. . . ... ..... -1 in tne mauer, our me ooai ! members have not been inclin* to be hard on anybody. Whei - there apparently is a dispositic to pay, arrangements have be< made for a small partial pa; ment, the balance to be pa % either in installments or in tl 9 fall. Naturally there is some opp ? sltion, and from some sectioi have come the ominous warnii that "they can sell us out, bi we'll shoot the man who tries 1 dispossess us". "No man who takes this a I titudc can expect any sympatl ! in my court", said Judge W. 1 | Stanaland Monday. "So far as | have been able to learn the cor i missioners ar ebeing fair aboi these tax matters and those wl arc in arrears will just have come on in and pay if they wai to stay out of trouble. There ju isn't any -use to expect threat violence to do them any good." Smithsonian Men To Leave Toda' ? Field Men Have Been I ! vlhi# Locality For T*i Weeks And Have Enjo; ed Much Success 0 Trips ~ ' ? Smithsonian's field party leav ' here today after spending tv full weeks collecting specime If of birds, animals, snakes ai 0 ! insects. Watson M. Perrygo, wl 1 i has been in charere of the part K | states that Brunswick, in tl (matter of providing a general c< I lection, has been one of the nio ,k productive points he has visit le in some years. He contrasted the Southpo I area with that of the great Di mal Swamp, where they spe ,n I several days shortly before cor I ing here. All of their labors r the Dismal Swamp resulted in tl in securing of only one mamal ai ,. a very few birds. Here, eat y morning in the field resulted ,t' I the acquiring of enough spe< . mens to keep all in the par j. hard at work all afternoon ai t' until late at night. On Bald Hei j one morning they secured 11 m ma Is and a large number birds and snakes. Smithsonian employs some fi' hundred men, all except the fie men working at the institutic 1A11 birds taken by the fie men are carefully skinned ai | stuffed. The stomachs go to tl U. S. Department of Agricultu | and the stuffed birds and anims igo to Smithsonian Institute f study and exhibition. Insects ai small reptiles are pickled in ale hoi. The large snakes are shippi in alive. Captain Eriksen Is Club Speake Southport Mayor Spol Last Week Before Pr peller Club Of Wright ville Beach The regular monthly meet! of the Propeller Club of t United States, Port of Wilmin ton, was held Wednesday eve ing. at the Ocean Terrace Hot Wrights ville Beach. Guest of ho or and principal speaker w Capt. John D. Ericksen, may of Southport. Other guests we Dan J. Herrin, mayor of Wrighl ville and Coy E. T. Brown, U. Army Engineer, retired, who is charge of the Erosion Cor.t; (Continued from page one) r pii nmunity 1939 ''"bl Baseball Tear . Better S Team Made A Good Showi e Juniors In Wilmington e Leland Beatin * Southport's baseball t " Wilmington despite the fa the Legion Juniors in a fas held the hard hitting legi , was given bang-up suppor the only Southport error. The local nine defeated Lelai d bya one-sided score here Thur day afternoon as Farmer held t! visitors at bay while Southpo slammed the ball all over tl lot. Three home runs in one b y inning featured as E. Spencc :r Hickman and Watson hit tl id jack-pot. i- The return of David Watso y first baseman, and Lawrence W: 10 ling, third baseman, from Loui c- burg College has greatly strengt ir ened the local infield, and tear ed with D. I. Watson at sho t- and Calud McCall at second thi )f present a tight inner defense. r_ Chief hope for a successful se i- son rests on the right arm ja Red Farmer, newcomer to th ie mound corps, and upon Hu( Spencer, young righthander wl n shows promise of developing in .J a ct#?aHv hnrler. u ? ;d "e Washington Men Have Good Luc r id Chas. E. Cornell, Hiiro E. ie Weis, Thomas E. I,avendar and D. M. Hassrtt, all em0. lovers of the Treasury Oris! parfment, Washington, D. ,g | spent the week-end here fishjt ing from the boat of Captain [0 H. T. Bowmer. Yesterday they shipped | home over 200 |M>unds of jy mackerel and trout, this be^ ing a part of their catch. I Poppy Day 1 I In Southpo Rare Poisonous Snake Is Killet y ? A snake dug up and killed I this week by laborers at Oi'ton Plantation was identified ? by Churchill Bragaw, who is f' somewhat of an authoriay or n reptiles, as a coral snake, one of the four poisonous members of this family found ir es j North Carolina. '? I They arc the rattle snake, ns J the cotton mouth mocassin, i(' j the copper head and the coral "u snake. The coral snane is im y< most rare of all in this state, 116 only four ever having beer killed in North Carolina prevs' ious to this week. ec* Most snakes arc not dangerous to life, although there rt are a few that carry a small lS" amount of poison, according nt to Bragaw. Except for the n" four deadly reptiles listed m above, practically ail snakes In Brunswick have good 1(' points that far outweigh any ^ bad qualities they may posess, ln he says. They are valuable in keeping down the number of 'y mice, rates and insects, id ad Receives Readers of Digest A war ve W. R. Lingle, principal Id Southport high school, announc n that the Reader's Digest Awa Id for scholastic achievement h ld been won by the valedictorian he the class of 1939, John Lov re Hall. |Is He has received an engross or parchment certificate, id ? ' < New Marriag Couples Aw; North Carolina's new marria law, requiring applicants for I censes to be subjected to a pi sical examination, apparently "I terminated the marriage busini cc in Brunswick county. Register Deeds Mintz yesterday report 8" that there have been 2 liceni issued since the law went it effect. nS Mr. Mintz said that the sev< he day wait which couples applyi g- for licenses have to wait bef< n- they can secure the licenses, t el, served to send them in droves n- nearby South Carolina, wh( as the bans are not so stringent or There have been numerc ire "prospects" in the marriage ts- censes bureau here since the I S. went into effect, and Mr. Mil in in each instance has painsU :o! irgly explained the new reaui mer.ts. Invariably the coup OT [ ISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY n Is Off To itart This Year ng Against The Strong Legion t Tuesday, After Handing g Here Thursday earn looked good yesterday in ct they lost a 2-0 decision to >t, well-played contest. Farmer on boys to seven safeties and t by his mates. lie committed id* ?-- ?? s- ?????? ? n IN HOSPITAL ; ic T, I ie I n, I 11s V firi I rt I sy ee Xh ^ jfl tio M to jkll Mr J iv R. W. DAVIS- Popular Southport attorney is a patient at Dosher Memorial Hospital where he is suffering: from rheumatism. | Mr. Davis has been confined to | | his home much of the time for J ! several weeks and has been miss- j ] ed from business and social cir-1 |cles as well as from the Method-1 ist Sunday School, where he is j | superintendent ???????? j 0 Be Observed >rt On Saturday ?* American Legion Auxiliary Will Distribute Poppies 1 On The Streets Of South' port During The Day FUNDS WILL GO FOR ' DISABLED VETERANS 1 Plans For The Sale Of The 1 Poppies Are Being Completed At The Present Time By Auxiliary , Here Poppy Day- will be observed throughout the United States on I Saturday, May 27, with the wear ! ing of memorial poppies in honor of the World War dead, Mrs. S. ' B. Frink, President of the South1 port Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary, announced today. 1 The observance will be led by the Auxiliary women who will dis| tribute poppies on the streets dur[ ing the day. i More than eleven million of yie little red memorial flowers have ; been made by disabled World | War veterans working in govern' ment hospitals and in poppy I workrooms maintained by the I Auxiliary, said Mrs. Frink. These I flowers are crepe paper relicas of | the poppies which grew on the A [World War battlefields and among | which the dead and wounded fell, of i They are recognized throughout :es 1 the English-speaking world as the rd I memorial flower for those who as1 fell in defense of democracy, of' Plans for the local observance ell I of Poppy Day arc being completI ed by the Southport Auxiliary ed | chairman, aided by a large comImittee and local girls. e Law Scaring ay From County ge | leave "to be back later" and li- j never return. ly-1 Couples applying for licenses las are required to obtain a certifiissjeate from a practicing physician of which stipulates that they have ;e(l "no evidence of: (a) any vener5 s eal disease in the infectious or communicable stage, (the original laboratory report of this serolo-n g-ical examination from a laboratary approved by the N. C. State Board of Health is hereto att0 tached; (b) any tuberculosis in ' the infectious or communicable jre , istate; (c) any epilepsy, and not ms to e an idiot, an imbecile, a li_ mental defective or of unsound aw mind." ntz The laboratory report requires tk- several days in Southport, since re- they have to be obtained from les Raleigh, said Mr. Fisher. The Pilot Covers jfl Brunswick County I $1.50 PER YEA* Waccamaw River I To Be Affected I By Fishing Law I Twelve-Mile Stretch Of fl This Stream Comes In H The Group Of Waters H That Will Be Closed For I 1 Year By Conservation B Body IDEA IS TO HELP I FISH REPRODUCTION In Most Sections Where ; This -Closed . Season Has S Been Enforced There fl Has Been Fine Co operation By H Citizens 8 RALEIGH,?Twenty-five natur- '?B al spawning areas for warmwater H fish have been set aside by the 9 game and inland fishing division of the Department of Conserve- B tion and Development as natural <1 breeding areas and will remain H closed to fishing throughout the B summmer and fall and probably I until May 10, 1940, it was announced today by John D. Chalk, B fisheries commissioner. B Columbus and Brunswick Coun- H ties: Waccamaw River. From the H mout'i of Gores Lake to New Britton Bridge, including all lakes, 9 tributaries, and adjacent waters > B entering within these lines. Ap- 9 proximately 12 miles. ]B under authority given the tn Board of Conservation and Devel- B opment in Chapter 115 of the Pub- '|H lie Laws of 1935, certain designat- jfl cd areas along certain lakes, riv- ' , jfl crs and creeks have been set aside fl cacli year as natural breeding I grounds for fish and all fishing fl within these areas is prohibited fl for at least a year. At first there "-fl was some opposition to this ac- ' IB tion. But after the fishermen saw fl the extent to which the number jifl of fish increased in these ureas jfl there has been very little opposi- nil tion, Mr. Chalk said. fl "Although we have doubled the fl protection on these areas by in* nfl creasing the number of Uamr tfl Protectors and by patrolling them J jfl almost day and night, wv haves. I jhad <few violations hUd A:ivc. l^ffl 'had to make a minitpum number 'H | of * arrests," Commissioner Chalk , fl J said. "We regard this as an ex- >Bfl | cedent indication of the manner :fl in which the public generally and I the people close to these breed- 9H ing areas arc cooperating with ^B 'the Department in its efforts to R ! increase the supply of warm- J i water fish. They have had time I to sec the results and know that ^B these closed areas are producing ,9 literally millions of additional [I j -T-he areas which-- will?remain 9 closed this year are as follows: D Columbus County: Waccamaw I Lake' and Waccamaw River. Area 1 in Waccamaw Lake in front of ^fl the mouth of Waccamaw River i| (Continued from page-one) jl Club Schedule a For Next Week I Bcthal Home Demonstration I Club will meet with Mrs. Roscoe I Rogers at 2:30 o'clock Thursday I I afternoon, May 25. All members 9 are invited to attend and bring I a friend. ' I Mrs. K. Tobiasen will be hostess ^1 to the Southport Home Demon- I stration Club on Thursday even- > II ing, May 25, at 8 o'clock. The II ladles of Southport are invited to be present. I Announcing a Change in Meet- I ing: Boon's Neck Home Demon- I stration Club will meet on Mon- I day afternoon, May 29, instead | of the usual time. I TideJTable | Following Is the tide table ; | for Southport during the nasi .|j week. These hours are sppre- HI xlmatelv correct and were fuf? ' nlshed The State Port Pile* j through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot's Association High Tide I.OW TK? B? TIDE TABLE Thursdty, May 25 0:15 a. m. 6:53 a. m. b 1:03 p. m. 7:15 p. m. Friday, May 26 1:15 a. m. ' 7:55 a. m. 2:03 p. m. 8:23 p. m. Saturday, May '27 |t; 2:16 a. m. 8:53 a. m. H 3:03 p. m. 9:25 p. m. '' Sunday, May 28 .. 3:20 a.m. 9:47 a.m. | 4:02 p. m. 10:22 p. ra. 1 Monday, May 29 >J | 4:22 a. m. 10:38 a. m. : j I 4:58 p.'m. 11:16 p. m. Tj Tuesday, May 30 'f I j 5:18 a. m. 11:27 a. m. Jl 5:48 p. m. &j Wednesday, .May 31 " > 6:08 a. m. 0:06 a. ns. : j ! 6:32 p. x. 12:15 p. z* j i'<1.1.1. i ii _